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This ollection contains research notes, letters, and drafts regarding her eponymous biography of Appalachian author, naturalist, and artist Emma Bell Miles ranging from 1972 to 2011 The collection also includes short stories, poetry, essays, illustrations, and other material by Emma Bell Miles that range from 1902 to 1921.

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Kay Baker Gaston is a historian and writer who lives in Springfield, Tennessee. The Walden's Ridge Historical Association published her biography of Appalachian naturalist, artist, and author Emma Bell Miles in 1985. During the course of researching the book, Gaston gathered a collection of correspondence with Miles' children, clippings of Miles' short stories, newspaper columns, and short stories, and a variety of records, illustrations, and other material that document the life of Emma Bell Miles.

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